Detective Comics #4

(June 1937)

The Comic Headliner! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Mystery of San Jose Island (Table of Contents: 3)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Creig Flessel (credited as Fless) (signed as Fless)

Pencils

Creig Flessel (credited as Fless) (signed as Fless)

Inks

Creig Flessel (credited as Fless) (signed as Fless)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Speed Saunders; Arthur Bell (introduction, death); May Adams (introduction); Nick Del Borno (introduction, villain); "Padre" Desoto (introduction, villain)

Synopsis

Speed flies to San Jose Island to investigate the death of a friend. Disguising himself as a ragged old beggar he meets May Adams, another friend of Arthur Bell, in a bar. He is abducted but finally brings the murderer to justice.

Reprints

• in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #13 (agosto 1937)

Indexer Notes

Creig Flessel claimed he wrote these in Alter Ego #45 (February 2005).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Crowell Publishing Co. / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

New Book of Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey - Pop - Why are yuh burgling that safe?

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.17 page (report information)

[The Rajah's Ruby] (Table of Contents: 8)

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils

Sven Elven (credited)

Inks

Sven Elven (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aboard the steamship Empress of India...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Cosmo; Capt. Nelson (intro); Paul Hartley (intro); Rajah Daj (intro); VILLAIN: Hutchinson (intro)

Synopsis

Cosmo is sailing to Bombay. The Captain asks him to help gem merchant Hartley, who is to deliver a precious ruby to the Rajah Daj. He disguises himself as a deaf mute native and secures passage on a caravan heading inland. Cosmo delivers the ruby without mishap, but Hartley is kidnapped by Hutchinson, who orders him killed. Cosmo, still in disguise, is nearby and saves him.

Reprints

• in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #14 (13 agosto 1937)

Death Message (Table of Contents: 9)

Buck Marshall / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Homer Fleming ?

Pencils

Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)

Inks

Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)

Letters

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Genre

western-frontier; adventure

Characters

Buck Marshall; VILLAINS: Vanter (intro); Lefty Logan (intro)

Synopsis

Buck accompanies the sheriff to the Diamond V Ranch, where Vanter has found his partner shot in the back. In a hotel, Buck spots the crooked Logan, who has been hanging around for the past six months. Trailing him, Buck sees Logan and another man packing sacks with slaughtered beef. The captured Logan tells of how Vanter paid him, in order to sell the meat.

Reprints

• in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #15 (20 agosto 1937)

The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 4] (Table of Contents: 10)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is von Holtzendorff...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Bruce Nelson; von Holtzendorff; Stucchi (villain)

The Evil Oak (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Vin Sullivan (credited as Paul Dean)

Pencils

Creig Flessel (signed)

Inks

Creig Flessel (signed)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

drama; detective-mystery

Characters

Detective Pat Byrne; Stanley Harwick; Bates; Police Captain Mahoney

Reprints

• in Atomic Comics (Green Publishing, 1946 series) #1 (January 1946)

The Bumps Mystery (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Pencils

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Inks

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Mortimer Quakenbush Bumps

[The Balinoff Case, Part 4] (Table of Contents: 13)

Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

You understand?

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery; spy

Characters

Bart Regan; Sally Norris; VILLAINS: Olga Balinoff and her spy ring; Officer Patrick O'Toole

Synopsis

Regan and Sally are still prisoners of Olga Balinoff. He pushes a flower pot onto the head of Officer O'Toole, who races up the fire escape in time to save Regan from being shot. But he is duped by Olga and allows her and her two cronies to leave. Taking Regan and Sally to the police station, he is bawled out by the commissioner, who tells Regan that the lab have figured out the secret of the mysterious bronze figure.

The Bloody Will (Table of Contents: 14)

Mr. Chang / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ed Winiarski (credited as Win) (signed as Win)

Inks

Ed Winiarski (credited as Win) (signed as Win)

Letters

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Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Mr. Chang; Joshua McAllister (intro, death); VILLAIN: Agatha (intro, death)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

The Hollywood Murders (Table of Contents: 15)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; VILLAIN: Terril Desmond (intro)

Synopsis

Slam gets a job as a Hollywood stuntman.

Reprints

• in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #12 (julho 1937) [último quadrinho suprimido, redesenhadas]

Better Than Ever! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

New Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)